"You'd need to know the confidential information about the chips to write" a free BIOS, Insyde Software's Joseph said. Right now, "that info is only available on old hardware that nobody really cares about anymore."
http://news.com.com/Battle+brews+over+unlocking+PC+secrets/2100-1016_3-56542...
garsh, didn't know that opterons are so obsolete. It's amazing how much lack-of-clue there is out there masquerading as knowledge.
ron